Aquagirl (Fem. Percy x YJ)

6

I shot up in my bed and threw the blankets off of me.

I rushed out into the hallway and over to Kaldur's door. I lifted my hand to knock but...

He said not to bother him. Although, I don't listen to the gods so...

I knocked.

Then I knocked again.

The door opened, revealing Kaldur in a pair of sweatpants. Before he could say anything, I rushed forward and wrapped my arms around him in a hug.

My forehead rested against his chest as tears fell down my face.

Kaldur sighed. "What is it now?"

"Nightmare." I mumbled, ignoring how he spoke.

He pushed me away from him. "I told you not to bother me unless it is an emergency Percy. This is not an emergency."

I stared up at him, his eyes meeting mine in a hard stare.

"You need to learn how to deal with this stuff yourself. You can't keep expecting people to help you with every little thing." He kept his voice low. "You claim to be strong, yet you cannot deal with this by yourself."

My lower lip trembled as more tears fell. I turned and rushed back to my room.

I sat on the floor, back pressed against my bedframe.

He is right. I...I should be stronger than this. I have fought wars. I should be able to deal with this.

But why is it so hard?!

Why am I so weak that I have to go to Kaldur?

I pulled up my sleeves and stared at my wrists...

No. If Kaldur finds out...

You deserve the pain. A voice in my head said. Why does it matter? He would agree with you doing this.

I swallowed and drug my nails against my skin. Over and over again.

My door opened and the lights flicked on without warning, leaving me to stare up with wide eyes at Kaldur.

He returned the stare, jaw slack.

Then he sat in front of me and grabbed my wrists. "Stop."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I said so." He tightened his grip.

"This is my choice to do this Kaldur, you have no say in it."

"As much as I dislike it, you are a member of this team. And I'm the leader. How would you like it if you saw anyone you knew doing this?"

"I..." I didn't have an answer.

"Exactly." He released my arms. "If you do this again, or if you take any other action that results in harm to yourself, I will tell the Team. And then I will personally make sure you are sent home."

What he said may make it seem like he has my best interests at heart, but his eyes contained anger.

"Do you understand?" He asked.

I nodded.

"I wish to hear you say it Perseus."

"I understand."

This time he nodded. "Good, now go back to sleep. I do not want to risk Connor waking up."

As he stood to go, I spoke. "Kaldur?"

He ignored me and walked out, turning off the lights as he did.

I sighed. "Nevermind I suppose."

I climbed into bed, pulling the covers around me.

I lightly trailed my fingers over the tender raised lines on my arms.

An hour passed and I could not fall asleep. Everytime I came close, my nightmare came to mind.

Buying my lip, I got up and walked out to where the Zeta Tubes are.

I typed in a destination, but before the Tube could fire up I heard a sound from behind me.

"It is late to be going somewhere."

I turned around and stared at the robot. Red Tornado.

"I cannot sleep. A walk seemed like a good idea."

"Wouldn't the beach be a more suitable option?" He asked.

"I suppose it would." I mumbled. "But..."

"But what?"

I waved a hand dismissively. "It doesn't matter, I think I am going to go do that. Can you open the door for me when I exit?"

"Of course."

I walked through the Cave towards the backdoor.

Megan's tour ended up being quite rushed but I can remember where things are located.

It was hanging wide open as I walked out, then closing behind me.

My bare feet sunk slightly in the sand as I walked down to the crashing waves.

Once the waves were washing over my feet, I started heading away from the mountain, trying to put distance between me and Kaldur.

He...he could very clearly see how much I was hurting.

And he has to know I was at the temple before or at least that there were demigods there. He found one of the beads off of my necklace.

I rubbed at my neck, still able to feel the cord digging into it, choking me.

The waves crashed harder and I shook my head, trying to clear my mind.

It worked well enough, at least until my mind drifted back to Kaldur.

When I hugged him, he did not react aside from stiffening. Yet I guarentee if anyone else on this team had a nightmare he would do everything in his power to help them.

But for me, he doesn't even want to return the hug.

I suppose I deserve it though. After what I did...after all the people I've gotten killed. Perhaps it is karma.

The Fates probably decided that me watching my friends die wasn't enough and now they are most likely causing me more misery for what I failed to prevent.

Even if they are not behind this.

I cannot truly place blame on Kaldur for acting this way.

Sup guys

Now...I have two things to ask of you (please answer them so I can keep track of who thinks what)

Do you have any guesses of what's going on?

And

Do you have any guesses of What's going to happen next chapter?

The second one is more so I can yell at myself to update

Anyway...ACT was Tuesday....did I say that? I might have. Can't remember

But I went to the school musical yesterday and I hate musicals

But this was kinda good best line was

Wanda: I'd flip you however you want

Which was said to the character Christian who is supposed to be super hot

Now Wanda is played by my friend and she is the sweetest person alive and when we talk about Hogwarts houses we're like she is a straight Hufflepuff.

But I could never imagine her saying that in real life.

Also one of my other friends played a drama club member who had to play as a French waiter inside the musical

It was really funny

Anyway I haven't eaten yet so I'm gonna go do that

See yah